[martinced]

I quit riding bikes the day I started going out with a doctor and her friends. They would refer to us as "organ donors" and talking about "warm ones" coming in for organs.

That and videos of bikers waiting, stopped, at a red trafic light only to get killed or very seriously injured by cars losing controls. Accidents in which people in cars were still perfectly fine.

Life is too short to make it even shorter or to experience it has a paraplegic when you're perfectly healthy. Do like me: get rid of your bikes and buy a fancy Porsche 911 Carrera ; )

The Carrera is probably more dangerous than a Prius but doctors do not refer to Carrera owners as "organ donors'.

[Xylakant]

We always used to joke "There's so many people that say they're an organ donor. But few only take that serious and ride a bike." Granted, bikes are dangerous, but given that people go rock climbing or parachuting for fun - i guess you just need to decide for yourself which way you want to die.